Clothesline bracket



Dec. 24, 1929. E. T. DUNLAP CLOTHESLINE BRACKET Filed oct. 1. 192e f4 ML Patented Dec. 24, 1929 EDW'IN T. DUNLAP, OF EIAVIARDEN, O'WA CLOTHESLINE BRACKET Application filed Gctober 1, 1928.

The object of my invention is to provide a clothes line bracket especially adapted for supporting a'clothes line in a basement from the floor joists thereof but which can also be used on rafters or other means of support.

More particularly it is my object to provide a clothes line bracket consisting of a main arm adapted to be nailed or screwed to a floor joist and a brace arm pivoted thereto and also adapted to be secured to either the same joist or another one spaced from it.

Still a further object is to provide a notch on the main arm whereby a hook to receive the clothes line is provided.

Still another object is to provide the bracket made of flat bars which may be twisted if desired for the purpose of making the device more readily adaptable to spaced joists.

vWith these and other objects in View my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of Vmy device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my clothes line bracket showing it attached to a joist.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of a pair of the brackets attache-d to the oist illustrating the clothes line stretched from one bracket to the other and Figure 3 is a similar view showing the main arm and the brace arm of the bracket provided with quarter twists whereby the brack et is adapted to be secured to spaced joists.

On the accompanying drawings I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate a floor joist. Flooring 12 is illustrated in connection with the joist 10 such as the general construction of floors in houses. It is to be understood that my device can also be applied to rafters and other supporting devices instead of the joist 10.

My improved clothes line bracket consists of a main arm 14 and a brace arm 16. The brace arm 16 has one end secured as indicated at 18 to the main arm 14 intermediate the ends thereof.

The main arm 14 is provided with a plural- Serial No. 309,460.

ity of spaced openings 20 for the purpose f receiving nails 22 whereby the main arm may be secured to the joist 10. The brace arm 16 may then be positioned against the side of the joist 10 and secured thereto by one or more nails 24.

Gpenings 26 are provided in the brace arm 16 through which the nails 24 may extend. As illustrated in Figure 2, two of the brackets used and a clothes line 28 supported by them. Notches 30 are provided in the main arms 14 to receive the ends of the clothes line 28. Several pairs of the device may be installed in the basement and the clothes line 28 zig-Zagged from one pair to another if so desired.

In Figure 3 I have illustrated the main arm 14 as being provided with a portion 32 formed by making a quarter twist in the arm 14. The brace arm 16 is provided with a portion made in the same manner.

A bracket construction as shown in Figure 3, may have the portion 32 attached by means of the nails or screws 22 to one joist 10 and the portion 34 of the brace arm 16 may be attached to another oist 10. Provision is thus made for running the clothes line 2S crosswise of the joists under the floor 12.

rlhe portion 34 of the brace arm 16 is bent as indicated at 36 so that the portion 34 may lie flat against the joist to which it is attached. As shown in dotted lines in n igure 3, the brace arm 16 may extend upwardly and have the portion 34 thereof secured to the floor 12 if so desired. In this event, the bend 36 would be made in an opposite direction to the one shown in full lines.

From the foregoing description of my invention, it will be seen that I have provided a clothes line bracket which may be easily secured to floor oists or rafters and which is rigidly braced against swinging movement or bending by means of the brace arm 16.

The main arms 14 extend down sufficiently far that the clothes line 28 is positioned within easy reach of the housewife when she hangs clothes On the line.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts of my device without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover'by my claim, any modied forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents, Which may be reasonably included Within their scope.

I claim as my invention:

A clothes line hook comprising a bar having a hook notch at one end and a series of spaced openings adjacent its opposite end and a second bar having one end pivoted to the first bar between said hook notch and said openings and a series of spaced openings adjacent its opposite end.

Des Moines, Iowa, September 18, 1928.

EDWIN T. DUNLAP. 

